Steven Pinker "the idea that we are blank slates, that there is no such thing as human nature, that Evolution did not shape our motives..."

I rest my case about the potential of rational conversations. Yes. If there were humanoids before Adam and Eve, they would not be related to us for we are of the fold of Adam and Eve.
This is demonstrably false.

Yes we would be related to the ancestors of any Adam and Eve. In fact, we would be related to ALL of them.

Also, Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosome Adam almost certainly did not live at the same time or place. And if they did, they would have been members of a community.
 
This is demonstrably false.

Yes we would be related to the ancestors of any Adam and Eve. In fact, we would be related to ALL of them.

Also, Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosome Adam almost certainly did not live at the same time or place. And if they did, they would have been members of a community.
False doctrine. The Mito might of is faulty junk science.
 
This vapid babbling carries no weight.

And you know as well as I do that you don't know or understand any of the science involved and are not in a position to comment on it.
You are not in a position to comment on the things of God. So don’t. Adam and Eve are our first parents.
 
I can't believe there are not a bunch of threads in the Philosophy forum with Pinker's name in a thread title. He is quite the public figure on the subject. He's incredibly brilliant and he challenges the choir(s). To see him linked to Noam Chomsky, a man I've had issues with regarding his political activism is delightful. It helps me respect Chomsky's professional side apart from his activism side.



Pinker has some fascinating things to say about -- Blank Slates, fairness, sameness, and equality.


Communication is an inherent artifact of living things. Language is an inherent artifact of higher order intelligence.
 
You are not in a position to comment on the things of God.
I sure am, when your made up god myths contradict demonstrablyme fact.



Any 4 year old with Google is in such a position.

See how much intellectually lower than science your mythology is? This is a perfect example.
 
I sure am, when your made up god myths contradict demonstrablyme fact.



Any 4 year old with Google is in such a position.

See how much intellectually lower than science your mythology is? This is a perfect example.
I wonder who they - Cougarbear, thinks is in a position to "comment on the things of god?" And how does one get the credentials to do so?
 
I just had to listen to a very short snipped to get what he's about. Look, to some extent, we are a blank slate when born. however, we do have biological differences as well as genes that don't always work the way they are supposed to. We have definite family traits that go from generation to generation including diseases and mental troubles like skizophrenia. However, our environment plays a huge role in how we end up as adults as well. That cannot be denied. His attempt to support evolution over Adam and Eve or biblical understanding is silly in my opinion. There's an old saying, "You are who you hang around." Completely true.
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Communication is an inherent artifact of living things. Language is an inherent artifact of higher order intelligence.
I'd rephrase this, but think I agree.

In the context here, I believe you are misusing the term "artifact." There are things/components of communication and language that are artifacts. Artifacts of -- communication and language.

Do you subscribe to this (?) stuff:
 
I'd rephrase this, but think I agree.

In the context here, I believe you are misusing the term "artifact." There are things/components of communication and language that are artifacts. Artifacts of -- communication and language.

Do you subscribe to this (?) stuff:
I am using "artifact" to convey it is integral requirement to life itself; integral to intelligence itself. As in it is a consequence of life; it proceeds from life. It's not evolutionary in and of itself. The degree is evolutionary.

So just as tools would be artifacts of humans, communication/language are artifacts of life and intelligence.
 
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I wonder who they - Cougarbear, thinks is in a position to "comment on the things of god?" And how does one get the credentials to do so?
If you want to become a doctor, you don't go to a college of agriculture. You go to a college of Medicine. If you want to comment on true doctrine with true authority, then you don't go to any other Church but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You can learn some principals of Medicine in agriculture classes, but not the essentials for successful medicine practice. You can learn some things in religion classes of other faiths but not the essentials for exaltation in the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom of Glory.
 
I'd rephrase this, but think I agree.

In the context here, I believe you are misusing the term "artifact." There are things/components of communication and language that are artifacts. Artifacts of -- communication and language.

Do you subscribe to this (?) stuff:
Ever watch ants and how they communicate very well.
 
Your facts are fake.
I am fully aware that you have to delude yourself.to maintain beliefs that are directly.contradicted by scientific fact.

You showing so doesn't faze anyone. It just means nobody outside of your mythology takes you seriously.
 

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